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The Amazing Health Benefits of Massage Therapy

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Now Taking Appointments on Sunday's 12:00-6:00 P.M.

The following information comes from the A.B.M.P. website.

A Powerful Ally
There’s no denying the power of bodywork. Regardless of the adjectives we assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we seek it out (a luxurious treat, stress relief, pain management), massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen.

Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage is therapeutic and can, without a doubt, help manage stress. This translates into:

  • Decreased anxiety.
  • Enhanced sleep quality.
  • Greater energy.
  • Improved concentration.
  • Increased circulation.
  • Reduced fatigue.
  • Better Health

Furthermore, clients often report a sense of perspective and clarity after receiving a massage. The emotional balance bodywork provides can often be just as vital and valuable as the more tangible physical benefits.

Profound Effects
In response to massage, specific physiological and chemical changes cascade throughout the body, with profound effects. Research shows that with massage:

  • Arthritis sufferers note fewer aches and less stiffness and pain.
  • Asthmatic children show better pulmonary function and increased peak air flow.
  • Burn injury patients report reduced pain, itching, and anxiety.
  • High blood pressure patients demonstrate lower diastolic blood pressure, anxiety, and stress hormones.
  • Premenstrual syndrome sufferers have decreased water retention and cramping.
  • Preterm infants have improved weight gain.

Research continues to show the enormous benefits of touch—which range from treating chronic diseases, neurological disorders, and injuries, to alleviating the tensions of modern lifestyles. Consequently, the medical community is actively embracing bodywork, and massage is becoming an integral part of hospice care and neonatal intensive care units. Many hospitals are also incorporating on-site massage practitioners and even spas to treat post-surgery or pain patients as part of the recovery process.

Increase the Benefits with Frequent Visits
Getting a massage can do you a world of good. And getting massage frequently can do even more. This is the beauty of bodywork. Taking part in this form of regularly scheduled self-care can play a huge part in how healthy you’ll be and how youthful you’ll remain with each passing year. Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent intervals is truly an investment in your health. And remember: just because massage feels like a pampering treat doesn’t mean it is any less therapeutic. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan.

The Benefits Of Massage
What exactly are the benefits of receiving massage or bodywork treatments? Useful for all of the conditions listed below and more, massage can:

bulletAlleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
bulletAssist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
bulletEase medication dependence.
bulletEnhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body’s natural defense system.
bulletExercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
bulletHelp athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
bulletImprove the condition of the body’s largest organ—the skin.
bulletIncrease joint flexibility.
bulletLessen depression and anxiety.
bulletPromote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
bulletPump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
bulletReduce post-surgery adhesions and swelling.
bulletReduce spasms and cramping.
bulletRelax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
bulletRelease endorphins—amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
bulletRelieve migraine pain.

Description of Different Massage (Bodywork modalities) I'm trained in. You'll find even more at Other Therapies.

Deep Tissue Massage
Techniques that utilize deep-tissue/deep-muscle massage are administered to affect the sub-layer of musculature and fascia. These techniques require advanced training and a thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology. The muscles must be relaxed in order to effectively perform deep-tissue massage, otherwise tight surface muscles prevent the practitioner from reaching deeper musculature. It helps with chronic muscular pain and injury rehabilitation and reduces inflammation-related pain caused by arthritis and tendinitis. It is generally integrated with other massage techniques.

Gua Sha
Used in China for more than two thousand years, gua sha means to scrape toxins. A method of promoting blood circulation and removing toxic heat, blood, and lymph from the body, gua sha involves scraping the skin with a flat tool to facilitate pain relief. Olive oil and herbs are usually applied to the skin to open pores, increase deep cleansing, and improve circulation.

Muscle Release Technique
This technique combines compression, extension, movement, and breath to give therapists a tool to provide relief from pain, treating such conditions as carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic low back pain, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, tennis elbow, knee pain, shin splints, frozen shoulder, hammer toes, piriformis syndrome, tendinitis, trigger finger, and much more.

Swedish Massage
Swedish massage is a vigorous system of treatment designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation. Five basic strokes, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body. The disrobed client is covered by a sheet, with only the area being worked on exposed. I use a combination of kneading, rolling, vibrational, percussive, and tapping movements, with the application of oil, to reduce friction on the skin. The many benefits of Swedish massage may include generalized relaxation, dissolution of scar tissue adhesions, and improved circulation, which may speed healing and reduce swelling from injury

Touch For Health
Developed by chiropractor John Thie, Touch for Health combines methods and techniques that include acupuncture principles, acupressure, muscle testing, massage, and dietary guidelines. The method of treatment requires a second person who performs muscle testing. This determines which muscles are strong or weak, indicating if a physical problem or organ malfunction exists. Once weak muscles are determined, a variety of methods are used as part of a muscle strengthening program. Such techniques include finger pressure on neuro-vascular holding points on the head and pressure on the acupressure holding points. After the muscles have been strengthened, Touch for Health theory states that energy then flows through the body, improving vitality and the ability to maintain good health. See kinesiology.



Finally after years of trying, massage therapist in Indiana along with the assistance of the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (A.B.M.P.) and the American Massage Therapy Association (A.M.T.A.) managed to get a bill through requiring massage therapist to be licensed.

As of July 1st 2009, all Massage Therapist in Indiana are required to be licensed by the State of Indiana. I proudly display my license in my office and on my website. I am also a member of A.B.M.P. and have been since 1991.

Please visit a Licensed Massage Therapist and a member of one of the massage therapy organizations above to receive your therapy, whether it's for a relaxing stress reduction massage or for therapeutic bodywork. Both A.B.M.P. & the A.M.T.A. require higher education and CEU's to maintain membership.

After all, it's your body, there are contraindications for receiving even a relaxation massage. A licensed professional knows those contraindications.

Sincerely,
Harry Farris

 

*These  statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not  intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. None of the therapies available at Accelerated Wellness are intended to diagnose, cure or prevent disease.

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Telephone: 317-865-0889

Harry Farris (owner) Therapist, Member of:
Associated Bodywork& Massage Professionals since 1991
International Association of Colon Hydrotherapist since 1998
Touch For Health Kinesiology Association

Postal address: 925 E. Southport Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46227
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